5G R&D

5G represents the evolution of the telco ecosystem, towards a new network with ultra-high capacity, low delay, improved flexibility and for an extremely high number of diversified devices and applications. Fraunhofer FOKUS has prepared a set of research and testing environments for the core network related enhancements and improvements necessary to meet the expectations of 5G:

The 5G Playground is a live R&D testbed were researchers and engineers are able to bring their own prototypes and build together the 5G environment. It enables the evaluation, validation, interoperability and demonstration in a comprehensive environment, for new ideas, prototypes and solutions.

The playground platform is composed of the following practical toolkits: